defence contractor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefenceandcontractor
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defence
noun
uk/dɪˈfens/us/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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contractor
noun[C]
uk/kənˈtræk.tər/us/ˈkɑːn.træk.tɚ/
a person or company that arranges to supply materials or workers for building or for ...
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(Definition ofdefenceandcontractorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I shall give the view of one privatedefencecontractor.
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It is not just the same as public accountability for any otherdefencecontractor.
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Therefore, there is no risk to public money and the commercial risks have been properly backed by a properly resourceddefencecontractor.
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There has been speculation for some time about the future of our largestdefencecontractor.
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This does not mean secondhand, second-class access: it simply means the same access as in the case of any otherdefencecontractor.
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As a result, terrible damage was done to a majordefencecontractorand to a major part of our defence industry.
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Of course, the dockyards are of unique strategic importance, and for that reason cannot be regarded in the same way as any otherdefencecontractor.
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Everydefencecontractorneeding access to information or material marked "confidential" or above requires the appropriate security clearance.
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We wish to treat the commercial managers of the dockyards as any otherdefencecontractor.
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He has no formal connection with them or any otherdefencecontractorwhatsoever.
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I trust that, when the decision is made, we shall have a strong and truly independent navaldefencecontractor.
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The most significant of these is the duty to have full regard to the requirements of national defence—a curious requirement not now placed on any otherdefencecontractor.
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Athan and its listing as adefencecontractorrequiring special attention; and if he will make a statement.
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Classified information on the royal dockyards is being released to private companies on exactly the same basis—and under the same controls—as it is released to any other potentialdefencecontractor.
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Anyway, if they did not have to contribute, they would merely trot off to any gooddefencecontractor and find out how to turn costs into high profits.
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Westlands is and will remain a vitally importantdefencecontractor.
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Yarrow is a very importantdefencecontractor.
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It is the world's 12th-largestdefencecontractormeasured by 2013 defence revenues.
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Therefore, defence contractors do not have the flexibility to respond to changes to the same extent as their civil counterparts.
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Friedberg does write at length about private defence contractors and military support industries.
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